Hundreds of Liao soldiers from the Pi Shi Army formed a square formation more than ten steps away from the city gate, eagerly waiting for the opportunity to attack; more Liao soldiers, holding scimitars and howling like wolves, rushed in from all directions.
More than 30,000 Song soldiers attacked the city, but there were more than 50,000 Liao soldiers in the city, which was more numerous than them. Everyone could only crowd near the city gate and fight a desperate battle.
Soon the Song army rushed to the outside of Tongtian Gate, formed a battle formation, and opened fire towards the city gate.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"
After the dense gunfire, dozens of people in the square formation at the city gate fell down in an instant. If it were in the wild, it would be really difficult to fight, but in the narrow city gate, the Liao army's formation was a sitting duck.
Seeing that guarding the city gate in the previous way was not feasible, the surrounding Liao troops immediately scattered and ran to both sides.
"Dongjing Menghualu" recorded that the Bianliang Fire Department, in addition to using water trucks to extinguish fires, used the conventional method of immediately demolishing surrounding houses after the flames started to prevent the fire from spreading further.
Fortunately, although Yelu Begut was unreliable, the middle and lower-level generals and officers under him still had certain military qualities. They quickly shouted to their troops and maintained order.
"I saw it."
"Hurry, hurry, get some water from outside the city."
It was already dark at this moment, almost the end of the You hour, which was around seven o'clock in the evening. There was only a hint of sunset glow in the western sky, and the land of Youyan was dark, as if it was about to fall asleep.
"Catch the man first."
Even though the commander-in-chief lacked command capabilities at this moment, the middle and lower-level officers of the Pi Shi Army were still able to maintain the situation and order and began to counterattack spontaneously.
The city gate was originally quite narrow, and the Liao army threw things down from both ends of the city wall. Even if they rushed into the entrance, the exit was full of dangers. For a time, they actually blocked the Song army's offensive.
Soon, all kinds of defensive equipment originally piled on the city wall began to be used, and all kinds of rolling stones, wooden beams, lime and grenades were thrown down from the wall for free.
"General, we caught a big fish."
Therefore, once the Qingjin Gate was breached, the rear of the Tongtian Gate would be lost. For a time, the Liao army was in panic, and many people had completely lost the will to resist and fled in all directions.
As he was speaking, a raging fire suddenly broke out in the direction of the southern city in the distance. He looked up and saw the Song army coming and going on the streets in the distance. No one knew what was going on.
"Let's unite our forces and put out the fire first."
Yelu Begut moved his lips but said nothing.
At this moment, flames were blazing in the southern city of Xijin.
Zhou Mei and Zhe Jimin raised their heads and saw sparks in the distance, which seemed to be heading towards the north city.
Only the raging fire was burning in the southern city of Xijin, and the billowing smoke covered the sky. Even the bright moonlight rising in the east seemed to be obscured by the clouds and smoke.
Zhe Jimin, who had rushed in from Qingjin Gate, rode his horse and ran quickly to his front.
Zhang Kang said immediately.
Sporadic gunfire could be heard nearby, and further away, chaos reigned. On both sides of the street, Song soldiers were escorting Liao prisoners, tying them together with ropes.
The Liao Dynasty's Nanjing City was very large, stretching five or six kilometers from north to south. The northeastern part of the square was Shihefang and Xianlufang. Further south was Tanzhou Street, which was the cross street of the central cross street and the central axis of Liao Dynasty's Nanjing Xijin City.
There was a cunning look in Zhou Mei's eyes. You call me Old Zhoutou, so I will call you Xiaozhezi.
Fan Zhongyan's headquarters still has more than 20,000 troops left, and they are now attacking the south gate of Xijin. After the rear was lost, the south gate was also in chaos, and the Song army was rushing into the city.
When Zhou Mei and his men arrived, Zhang Kang had also entered the city from Gongchen Gate. After Tongtian Gate was opened, Gongchen Gate quickly fell.
"Run! The Song army is coming!"
He was wearing Han Chinese clothes, which were tattered and covered in dust.
Zhou Mei raised his head and looked into the distance, frowning and saying, "The Liao people are digging their own graves."
The shouting, roaring, and throwing sounds from the top of the wall, and the echoing, blocking of weapons, and howling and groaning sounds from the bottom of the city almost never stopped.
"Husband!"
"My Lord, I have issued an order: anyone who resists will be killed without mercy."
Nowadays, rubber in the Song Dynasty is mainly used for steam engines. Before the rubber trees grow, the rubber brought back from South America is used less and less.
Under normal circumstances, if they encountered a mob, the enemy would have been defeated by now and Xijin City would have been captured.
"Who are you?"
The direction of South City has also reached its limit.
There were also Han people shouting: "Those who surrender will not be killed, those who surrender will not be killed! Now put down your weapons and surrender!"
After about a quarter of an hour, all the resistance on the city wall had been eliminated, the Song army occupied Tongtian Gate, and a large number of Song soldiers rushed into the city. At this moment, the direction of Tongtian Gate became quiet.
But what Zhe Jimin said was not wrong.
So until now, Zhe Jimin's official position is still half a level higher than his. Even though he is much older than him, Zhe Jimin always calls him Old Zhoutou.
Yelu Begut was guarding the north city. He did not dare to order the fire. After all, as the son of the pampered Emperor Shengzong of Liao and the half-brother of Yelu Zongzhen, he only had one life, and if he died, it would be gone forever. So he would rather be captured than die with the emperor.
The flames spread first to the Cherry Orchard east of the government office, and to the Nange and Niujie streets to the north. Streets crisscrossed, flames blazed everywhere, and large numbers of Liao soldiers fled in panic, heading southwest for Yaochi and Guanyin Lake, away from the sea of fire.
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